WAVE in a Sentence
Learn WAVE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
315 example sentences for WAVE, such as:
1. A huge wave capsized the yacht.
2. The wave heaved the boat on land.
3. A wave of indignation swept over Lily.
4. The country is in the grip of a teenage crime wave.
5. They go to wave their boys off on the troop trains.
2. The wave heaved the boat on land.
3. A wave of indignation swept over Lily.
4. The country is in the grip of a teenage crime wave.
5. They go to wave their boys off on the troop trains.
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Meanings and Examples of WAVE
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wave
n. (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
n. one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 A wave of shyness pulled him back into the dark angle of the wall, and he stood there in silence instead of making his presence known to her.
2 The wave of warmth that went through him was like the prolongation of his vision.
3 She drew closer under the bearskin, so that, looking sideways around his coat-sleeve, he could just catch the tip of her nose and a blown brown wave of hair.
4 Aunt Pitty knew nothing about men, either with their backs up or otherwise, and she could only wave her fat little hands helplessly.
5 Mrs. Meade managed to smile and wave until he had passed and then she leaned her head on the back of Scarlett's shoulder for a moment as though her strength had suddenly left her.
6 With the loss of the supposedly unconquerable position, a fresh wave of terror swept the town.
7 Now that the deed was done, she realized this with a wave of homesickness hard to dispel.
8 The wave of rebuilding was giving her the opportunity she wanted and she knew she could make money if only she could stay out of jail.
9 On the crest of this wave of vulgarity, Scarlett rode triumphantly, newly a bride, dashingly pretty in her fine clothes, with Rhett's money solidly behind her.
10 That was years ago, when she first came out, and had been smitten with a romantic passion for a young gentleman named Herbert Melson, who had blue eyes and a little wave in his hair.
11 The rise of her blood as their eyes met was succeeded by a contrary motion, a wave of resistance and withdrawal.
12 A wave of indignation swept over Lily.
13 From beneath its luggage-laden top, she caught the wave of a signalling hand; and the next moment Mrs. Fisher, springing to the street, had folded her in a demonstrative embrace.
14 A wave of colour suffused her, and the words died on her lips.
15 She tried to reply, to assure the speaker that she had not forgotten; but her voice failed in the effort, and she felt herself sinking under a great wave of physical weakness.
Example Sentence: (105 in 8 pages)
1 Speaking through an interpreter, a Japanese fisherman gave his account of the tidal wave.
2 The news sparked a wave of euphoria across the country.
3 The trade union movement was swept along by the same tidal wave of patriotism which affected the country as a whole.
4 They go to wave their boys off on the troop trains.
5 Political leaders united yesterday to condemn the latest wave of violence.
6 The racial killings at the weekend have triggered off a wave of protests throughout the country.
7 The country is in the grip of a teenage crime wave.
8 The crisis has set off a wave of nationalist feelings in Quebec.
9 The current new wave of technology should prove an economic elixir.
10 Wind and wave power are now being seriously canvassed as the solution to our energy problems.
11 The government is facing a new wave of opposition in the form of a student strike.
12 A tidal wave caused by the earthquake hit the coast causing catastrophic damage.
13 A huge wave capsized the yacht.
14 Several villages have been destroyed by a huge tidal wave.
15 The wave heaved the boat on land.